[CQ-Contest] State QSO Party Challenge - News Release -

[Stan Zawrotny]

Here is what Dave Edmonds, KN4ANF, Bruce Horne, WA7BNM, and I have come up
with to increase interest in State QSO Parties.


Bruce's SQP Tracker on 3830Scores.com currently shows 2019 results because
there have been no SQPs yet in 2020. It is interesting to see how you would
have done last year.


*StateQSOParty.com* <http://stateqsoparty.com/> <http://stateqsoparty.com/>



*State QSO Party Challenge *

-    News Release    -



The StateQSOParty.com <http://stateqsoparty.com/>
<http://stateqsoparty.com/>Team has announced the 2020 State QSO Party
Challenge. This annual program will recognize all radio amateurs’
participation in the U.S. State and Canadian Province QSO parties. It will
be open to any radio amateur who participates in any of our approved State
QSO Party (SQPs) contests. Participants must simply submit their scores to
3830Scores.com <https://3830scores.com/> <https://3830scores.com/>to be
included in the Challenge.



Participants will be recognized for reaching five levels of achievement –
Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond. Using the submissions to
3830Scores.com <http://stateqsoparty.com/>, <http://stateqsoparty.com/>
each radio amateur’s cumulative score will be calculated by totaling up
his/her number of reported contacts and multiplying by the number of SQPs
entered year-to-date.  Using the number of SQPs entered as a multiplier is
expected to encourage radio amateurs to enter more state/province QSO
parties. The use of the number of contacts as a metric is to encourage
participants to operate longer in each SQP, increase the effectiveness of
their station and improve their contesting skills. To qualify for an award
level, the participant must have participated in at least two State QSO
Parties. Each State QSO Party entry must have at least two QSOs.



It is also expected that this program will positively benefit all SCPs,
especially those that currently have lower participation levels.



The first SQPs in 2020 are the Vermont, Minnesota and British Columbia QSO
Parties on the first weekend of February. Therefore, the first monthly
report of the State QSO Party Challenge is scheduled to be available in
early March 2020. The cumulative year-to-date Challenge scores will be
published on the QSOParty.io forum and on the State QSO Party website (
<http://www.stateqsoparty.com/>www.StateQSOParty.com
<http://www.stateqsoparty.com/>) <http://www.stateqsoparty.com/>. The full
rules and other details of the Challenge are available on
www.StateQSOParty.com <http://www.stateqsoparty.com/>)
<http://www.stateqsoparty.com/>.



Special thanks to Bruce Horn, WA7BNM of 3830scores.com for creating the SQP
Activity Tracker located at 3830scores.com <https://3830scores.com/>



If you have any questions regarding the State QSO Party Challenge, please
contact Dave Edmonds, WN4AFP at *daveedmo at gmail.com <daveedmo at gmail.com>*
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Stan Zawrotny, K4SBZ